dependeo

Latin

Etymology

From dē- +‎ pendeō (I am suspended, hang).

Pronunciation

Verb

dēpendeō (present infinitive dēpendēre, perfect active dēpendī); second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

  1. to hang down, from or on
  2. to wait for
  3. to be dependent on or governed by
  4. to depend on, to be derived from

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • dēpendulus

Descendants

  • Portuguese: depender
  • Spanish: depender
  • Proto-Brythonic: *dibɨnnɨd

Reflexes of an assumed variant *dēpendĕre:

See also

References

  • dependeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • dependeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • dependeo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) to suffer punishment: poenas dependere, expendere, solvere, persolvere